Non-native grass removal and shade increase soil moisture and seedling performance during hawaiian dry forest restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 475-482

  Thaxton, Jarrod M ^a,b   Cordell, Susan ^b   Cabin, Robert J ^c   Sandquist, Darren R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Brevard College   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulldozing; Invasive species; Shade structures; Supplemental watering; Tropical dry forest; Weeding

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASS; GROWTH; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHADING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WEED;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM SETACEUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84863543282     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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